“Your look at what’s coming in the week starting Oct. 20.”, — write: www.coindesk.com
Your look at what’s coming in the week starting Oct. 20. Oct 20, 2025, 8:00 am
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The spotlight is firmly on the crypto market over the course of the week after a spurt of liquidations between Oct. 10 and Oct. 17, with BTC and ETH trading well below their respective early October highs.
Despite market uncertainty, a number of catalysts are forthcoming with ETHZilla Corporation (ETHZ) implementing a 1-for-10 reverse stock split on Monday before a major Zilliqa upgrade two days later.
The Federal Reserve, which has acted as a driver of price action over the past month, will host a payments conference in Washington on Oct. 21, with traders eagerly awaiting any hints or suggestions about upcoming monetary policy.
What to Watch
- Crypto
- October 20: Ether ETH$4,041.44 treasury firm ETHZilla Corporation (ETHZ) will implement a 1-for-10 reverse stock split, reducing outstanding shares from about 160 million to 16 million.
- October 22, 11 am: Circle is hosting a virtual seminar on Zoom called “Inside the Circle Payments Network (CPN)” to explain how financial institutions can leverage CPN for fast, compliant stablecoin settlements.
- October 22: Zilliqa (ZIL) will activate its major mainnet upgrade, Zilliqa 2.0, via a hard fork at block 11,998,800.
- October 25: Coinbase’s scheduled maintenance upgrade suspends all trading and transfers from 10 am to 2 pm; US derivatives trading is halted 7 am to 4 pm
- Macro
- October 20, 8:30 am: Canada Sept. PPI. Headline YoY (Prev. 4%), MoM (Prev. 0.5%).
- October 21, 8:30: Canada Sept. Inflation Rate. Headline YoY (Prev. 1.9%), MoM Est. (Prev. -0.1%). Core YoY (Prev. 2.6%), MoM (Prev. 0%).
- October 21: The Federal Reserve Board will host a Payments Innovation Conference in Washington. Watch live.
- October 23, 8:30 am: Due to the ongoing federal government shutdown, the US Department of Labor is not releasing its usual weekly initial and continuing jobless claims reports.
- October 23, 10 am: US Sept. Existing Home Sales (Prev. 4M).
- October 24, 8:30 am: US Sept. Inflation Rate. Headline YoY (Prev. 2.9%), MoM Est. 0.3% Core YoY (Prev. 3.1%), MoM Est. 0.3%
- October 24, 9:45 am: S&P Global US October PMI (Flash). Composite (Prev. 53.9), Manufacturing (Prev. 52), Services (Prev. 54.2).
- October 24, 10 am: Oct. Michigan Consumer Sentiment (Final) Est. 55.
- Earnings (Estimates based on FactSet data)
- October 21: Galaxy Digital (GLXY), pre-market.
- October 22: Tesla (TSLA), post-market.
Token Events
- Governance votes & calls
- GnosisDAO is voting on a proposal to fund ProbeLab with $105K to develop detailed performance and security metrics for the Gnosis Chain P2P network. Voting ends Oct. 21.
- 1inch DAO is voting to remove the 5% Unicorn Power staking requirement for Fusion resolvers. Voting ends Oct. 21.
- Lido DAO is voting to let the Lido Ecosystem Foundation lead all stETH and wstETH bridge partnerships, with a new Bridging Security Committee empowered to veto risky deals and the DAO retaining final oversight. Voting ends Oct. 22.
- SSV DAO is voting to amend DIP-31, refocusing SSV 2.0 on Compose, a protocol enabling atomic cross-rollup transactions to reduce L2 fragmentation and advance SSV beyond Distributed Validator Technology. Voting ends Oct. 23.
- Decentraland DAO is voting to launch the DAO Land Access Program, allowing creators temporary use of unused DAO land for projects like art, education, and social spaces. Voting ends Oct. 25.
- Lisk DAO is voting on a 4M LSK proposal to launch the Lisk DAO Fund, replacing grants with investments in top Lisk startups. Voting ends Oct. 29.
- Arbitrum DAO is voting on a proposal to transfer 8,500 ETH from its treasury to the Arbitrum Treasury Management Council to activate idle funds and generate yield. Voting ends Oct. 30.
- Unlocks
- October 20: ZRO$1.7393 to unlock 7.86% of its circulating supply worth $41.9 million.
- October 22: Scroll (SCR) to unlock 43.42% of its circulating supply worth $13.56 million.
- October 22: MultiBank Group (MBG) to unlock 11.97% of its circulating supply worth $16.87 million.
- October 23: Soon (SOON) to unlock 4.52% of its circulating supply worth $12.4 million.
- October 25: Plasma XPL$0.4197 to unlock 4.97% of its circulating supply worth $34.65 million.
- Token Launches
- October 20: Falcon Finance’s S2 staking deadline.
- October 23: DFDV common stock holders to receive a warrant dividend.
- October 23: Venice (VVV) to reduce emissions from 10M/year to 8M/year.
Conferences
- October 20: Crypto Finance Forum (New York)
- October 21-21: DigiAssets US 2025 (Miami, Florida)
- October 20-21: Fintech Fringe Festival 2025 (London)
- October 21-22: Zebu Live (London)
- October 22-23: London Blockchain Conference
- October 23: Wall Street Blockchain Alliance Crypto & Blockchain Summit 2025 (New York)
- October 26-29: Money20/20 USA (Las Vegas, Nevada)
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